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Grainger County, Tennessee
Grainger County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,657.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47057.html )〕 Its county seat is Rutledge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 It is renowned for its tomatoes.
Grainger County is included in the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf )〕
==History==
Grainger County was formed from Knox and Hawkins Counties in 1796, the year Tennessee became a state.〔Kevin Collins, "(Grainger County )," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Retrieved: 20 July 2013.〕 It is named for Mary Grainger Blount, wife of William Blount. Anderson, Claiborne, Campbell, Hamblen, Hancock, Scott and Union Counties were formed from parts of the original Grainger County.〔http://www.graingerarchives.org〕
Like many East Tennessee counties, Grainger County was opposed to secession on the eve of the Civil War. In Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession referendum on June 8, 1861, Grainger Countians rejected secession by a vote of 1,756 to 495.〔Oliver Perry Temple, (East Tennessee and the Civil War ) (R. Clarke Company, 1899), p. 199.〕
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